Miguel Street
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Miguel Street is a 1959 collection of interconnected short stories by V. S. Naipaul that portrays the lives of colorful characters in a fictionalized neighborhood of Port of Spain, Trinidad.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miguel Street canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ |
| adaptationBroadcaster | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| adaptationYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| author | V. S. Naipaul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
colonial society in the British West Indies
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urban lower-middle-class life in Trinidad ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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short stories ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Miguel Street (television film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
B. Wordsworth
NERFINISHED
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Bhakcu NERFINISHED ⓘ Bogart NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddoes NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward NERFINISHED ⓘ Elias NERFINISHED ⓘ George NERFINISHED ⓘ Hat NERFINISHED ⓘ Laura NERFINISHED ⓘ Man-man NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Hereira NERFINISHED ⓘ Popo NERFINISHED ⓘ Titus Hoyt NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncle Bhakcu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
colonial identity
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community life ⓘ failure and aspiration ⓘ humor and pathos ⓘ masculinity ⓘ poverty ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interconnected short stories ⓘ |
| narrator | unnamed boy narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of Naipaul’s Caribbean fiction
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portrayal of Trinidadian Creole culture ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedIn | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | Naipaul’s early Trinidad works ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| publisher | Andre Deutsch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Port of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | linked stories centered on residents of one street ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | fictional street in Port of Spain ⓘ |
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